Reference no: EM133756740
Assessment - Reflection exercise
Purpose and learning outcomes
As an educator, listening to these stories is an active process, as you engage with what families and children are sharing, form relationships with these families and children, and integrate how you have understood these stories into your teaching practice with children.
Learning outcome 1: Argue that all children have rights in terms of diversity, equity and social justice
Learning outcome 2: Review early childhood policy regarding inclusion and diversity and its implication for curriculum across early childhood settings
Learning outcome 3: Reflect on perspectives that include the broad principles of justice, inclusion and difference.
In this assessment, you will submit two short videos.
Video 1: share your story
Create a video telling/ sharing your own story of inclusion.
Submit your video.
Video 2: listen to a story
Listen to a story.
Record a video reflecting on how you listened.
Submit your video + a copy of your script/transcript with in-text citations along with a reference list with at least 2 references.
Video 1: Share your story
Tell us your story (3 mins)
Create a video telling/ sharing your own story of inclusion. This is the narrative you have constructed from the events of your life (refer to: A mile in my shoe).
You can use a video recording method of your choosing, but the file should be uploaded to Panopto for submission.
For support using Panopto, see the VU Collaborate Student Help Site: Panopto.
If you record a video in a different program i.e. PowerPoint, you can Upload a Video to Panopto using these instructions.
If you would like to use Panopto to record your video, you can Record a Video in Your We Browser using these instructions.
Submit your Panopto Video via the Assessment Dropbox using these instructions.
Video 2: Listen to a story
Listen to a story
Look through one of the following websites. Choose a story which includes an audio or visual recording. Carefully listen to your chosen inclusion story of another person.
Option 1, Website
Option 2, Website
Option 3, Peer-swap: You can have video 1 ready early and swap with another student and listen to each other's stories. Using this option will not provide you an extension of time.
Share your thoughts on the way you listened to the story of diversity, immigration, privilege and other experiences of inclusive practice matter. (3 minute video). Use the below as a guide for what to include.
How did you listen to the story?
What moments of the story were most impactful for you? Why? Think about how you felt, your emotions, and your relationship with the storyteller. Consider why these moments might have been most impactful for you - do these moments connect to your personal experience? To things you are interested in? To things you are unfamiliar with?
What concepts, ideas, or experiences from your own life did you bring to your listening practice? For example, consider how your understanding of privilege, gender, race, or ability might have influenced how you listened to these stories.
What did you not hear when listening to the story? What might have been excluded in your listening practice?
How do your practices of listening influence your approach to inclusive practices a teacher?
What words might you use to describe how you listen to stories? How might your approach to responsive listening be unique? How does your approach to responsive listening align with your understanding of inclusive practice?
How does your way of listening to the story impact your ability to respond by forming relationships, to create belonging, to understand identity, to acknowledge children with special rights, to make visible children's practices of engaging with difference, or to advocate for inclusive practices?
You can use a video recording method of your choosing, but the file should be uploaded to Panopto for submission.
For support using Panopto, see the VU Collaborate Student Help Site: Panopto.
If you record a video in a different program i.e. PowerPoint, you can Upload a Video to Panopto using these instructions.
If you would like to use Panopto to record your video, you can Record a Video in Your We Browser using these instructions.